Brasil
See also: brasil
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/, [bɾaˈsil]
- Hyphenation: Bra‧sil
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Papiamentu Brasil, likely derived from brasil (“brazilwood, Haematoxylum brasiletto”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Bra‧sil
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /praˈsil/
Proper noun
Brasil m
- Brazil (a country in South America)
- Meer sin in Brasil uff die Welt komm.
- We were born in Brazil.
Further reading
Interlingua
Manx
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Brasil | Vrasil | Mrasil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Norwegian Bokmål
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Brazil (obsolete)
Etymology
From pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), a tree that was extracted in great quantities in the early days of Portuguese colonisation, from pau (“wood”) + brasil (“ember-coloured”), from brasa (“embers”) + -il.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾaˈziw/ [bɾaˈziʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾɐˈzil/ [bɾɐˈziɫ]
Audio (BR) (file) - Homophone: brasil
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
- Hyphenation: Bra‧sil
Derived terms
- abrasileirar
- Bostil
- brasileiro
- Brasília
- brasílico
- brasilismo
- brasilista
- brasilizar
- Brasilzão (augmentative)
- Brasilzinho (diminutive)
- Merdil
Spanish
Etymology
From brasil (“brazilwood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾaˈsil]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: Bra‧sil
Usage notes
The definite article is optional when referring to Brazil in Spanish (i.e. el Brasil).
Related terms
Further reading
- “Brasil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Bra‧sil
- IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/, [bɾɐˈsil]
Related terms
- Brasilenyo
- Brasilenya
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /braˈsɪl/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /braˈzɪl/
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Derived terms
- Gweriniaeth Ffederal Brasil (“Federal Republic of Brazil”)
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
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